We are on our way!

Well we packed for vacation this morning before church and were loaded to the ceiling and we were off!  We headed over to church, then we had a meeting/lunch afterwards and quickly we were on the road by 1:oo this afternoon.  We traveled to Mobile where we are spending the night in a hotel to try to break up the drive with 2 little ones.  I must admit...the kids were INCREDIBLE on the drive over.  Not a whine, wimper or backtalk in 6 straight hours in the car.  They were both so excited and in great moods.  They laughed and sang alot and only napped for an hour....and we only stopped twice (one for gas and one for Karis to go potty). They did have a DVD player which helped but most of the time they weren't even watching it.

Karis snoozing in the car

I can't recall a time when the 4 of us have stayed in a hotel together.  We just don't do it much and if we do, it is a getaway for Jay and I and the kids are not with us.  They loved the idea that the two of them would have their own bed to share with one another (they have never slept together). Karis kept asking, "Are we going to stay in a building before we get to the beach?"  I kept telling her it was called a hotel but she continued to call it a building.  Brayden has finally grown up some and they have been getting along great!  They just played together for a long time before we headed them to bed.  The Lord has blessed us with great children and what a blessing from the Lord they are.

Can you tell by these grins that they were excited???

If you notice...even baby doll had a place to sleep tonight!

We are off to bed for the adventure to continue tomorrow.  We are about 2 hours from our destination so we will head to Destin in the morning.  We can't wait to see the kids reactions to the beach!  Karis went when she was about 9 months old and certainly doesn't remember it and Brayden has never been to the beach so tomorrow will have lots of stories I can imagine.

I don't think our condo has internet so don't know what blogging the next week will look like.  I might not post everyday but will try to find some internet in the week to give you a sneak peek of our week.  But no worries I will do some catching up when we return.  Until then....